For a number of years now there has been a growing interest in Buddhism among the English-speaking people of the world, resulting in a demand for up-to-date translations of Buddhist scriptures. [...] But translation, regardless of quality, can bring to light all the subtleties and nuances of ancient texts: annotation and explanation are needed. The present volume, then, is intended to fill this need, to assist readers in understanding, in a fully modern context, the profundities of these Buddhist scriptures and to serve as a companion volume to the Three-fold Lotus Sutra (Kosei, 1975).